1st Edition
CTS and Right-Wing Terrorism and Counterterrorism Volume II, The Politics of Countering Political Violence
Introduction—CTS and Right-wing terrorism and counterterrorism: Volume II, The politics of countering political violence
Alice Martini and Raquel da Silva
1. Terror as justice, justice as terror: counterterrorism and anti-Black racism in the United States
Anna A. Meier
2. When (and where) can right-wing terrorists be charged with terrorism?
Jesse J. Norris
3. "From street soldiers to political soldiers": assessing how extreme right violence has been criminalised in Portugal
Raquel da Silva, João Paulo Ventura, Cátia Moreira de Carvalho and Mariana Reis Barbosa
4. The medicalisation of threats, immigration as contagion, and White supremacy in an age of terror
Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo
5. "Prevent duty": empirical reflections on the challenges of addressing far-right extremism within secondary schools and colleges in the UK
Suraj Lakhania and Natalie James
6. Radicalisation, counter-radicalisation and countering violent extremism in the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus: the cases of Kosovo and Georgia
Alessandra Russo and Ervjola Selenica
7. Strain theory, resilience, and far-right extremism: the impact of gender, life experiences and the internet
Joshua Skoczylis and Sam Andrews
8. Anti-feminism, gender and the far-right gap in C/PVE measures
Christine Agius, Alexandra Edney-Browne, Lucy Nicholas and Kay Cook
9. Misogynistic terrorism: it has always been here
Caron E. Gentry
Biography
Alice Martini is Lecturer in International Relations at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Her research focuses on counter-terrorism and prevention of extremism, specifically at a global level and as implemented by the United Nations. More in general, her research examines and deconstructs global discourses on security, (counter)terrorism and (counter)extremism, looking into the resulting practices of power and international hegemonies. She is the author of The UN and Counterterrorism. Global Hegemonies, Power and Identities (2021) and co-editor of, among others, Encountering Extremism (2020).
Raquel da Silva is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra and Integrated Researcher at CEI-Iscte. She is the author of Narratives of Political Violence: Life Stories of Former Militants (2019). Her research has been funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, the British Academy, and the European Union, among others.
